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SECOND SCRUB FIRE

whAkatanb hills swept 1 CLOSER APPROACH TO TOWN ( PICTURESQUE TREES RUINED 1 [by telegraph—owj; correspoxdmr] t WHAKATANE, Monday , I [i. The fire of three weeks ago on the 4 hills at the back of Whakatane nas J| followed by another to-day, which corner? pleted the destwiction; of trees and sjj scrub missed by the previous outbreak. The blar« to-day wis nearer tfie ; shopping area. It burned pohutuWwa trees above the Harbour Board quarry and on the slopes of the redoubt, sand the old Maori pa of Papaka. The fire brigade used hoses to check the from, spreading down to- Commerce J Street. . \ The once picturesque hills behind the. borough now present a very bairea-' appearancti, and the loss of exotic and ? native tre*s is regretted. Many small fl fires are reported throughout the ffo- J trict as a result of the prolonged 'dry j spell. _____ "" ■

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23183, 1 November 1938, Page 8

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SECOND SCRUB FIRE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23183, 1 November 1938, Page 8

SECOND SCRUB FIRE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23183, 1 November 1938, Page 8